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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Artificial heart
For reasons that were unclear, I had to get an artificial heart. The surgeon first gave me a temporary one, for use until the custom-made one was ready. He said that I had to take it easy as this one … Continue reading
Just when you think you’ve seen everything…
Someone invents this. Charles H. Duell, commissioner of patents in 1899, is apparently misquoted as having said that “everything that could be invented has been invented.” However, maybe everything that should be invented already has been.
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Forgot my shoes at the security checkpoint; Dr. Zoidberg actor; magic show
I had just purchased some new shoes, and was wearing them as I went to the airport to fly to Denver. At the security checkpoint, I was hassled so much over my carryons that I forgot the shoes, and didn’t … Continue reading
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Fake product photos on eBay
I was considering buying an LTO Ultrium tape drive on eBay. One seller, Dennis Resnik of Magstor Corporation (ebay ID dresnik-magstor), has IBM LTO 2 and LTO 3 drives listed: IBM LTO Ultrium 2 drive auction IBM LTO Ultrium 3 … Continue reading
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Transporting live chickens in a freighter
I was on a freighter that was transporting a load of live chickens across the ocean. It wasn’t very fast, so it was going to take months to get to our destination. The chickens came down with some disease, and … Continue reading
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“FF Bombs” competition
In CSC 387 Foundations of Computer Science, we were offered an extra-credit assignment to form teams of two students, and develop programs for a game called FF Bombs, which is similar to Core Wars. The programs need to run on … Continue reading
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On the Dean’s Honor List
Today I received email notification from Mission College that I was named to the Dean’s List. I had a 4.0 GPA in the fall 2006 semester; only 3.0 was required for the Dean’s List. I met that requirement in the … Continue reading
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Don’t try to be a good samaritan
James Van Iveren thought a woman was being raped, and tried to help. For his effort, he faces three criminal charges. Perhaps it’s reasonable that he should pay for the damage to the door and lock, but I don’t think … Continue reading
Teach your children well
If teaching children to eat LEGO blocks wasn’t bad enough, now you can also teach your kids to eat things with the skull and crossbones symbol. [via BoingBoing]
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Disproportionate sentencing
The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of former Phoenix high school teacher Morton Berger’s sentence to 200 years in prison for twenty counts of posession of child pornography. Had he actually raped children, he would have received a … Continue reading →